10th - 12 July 2026 - Lopemede Farm, Long Crendon, Buckimghamshire

Slow Food & Earth Market Festival – Trader Invitation

We are thrilled to invite farmers, growers, makers, musicians and land lovers to stand at the forefront of a new chapter in British food and craft festivals. Our very first Slow Food Earth Market Festival.

The Slow Food & Earth Market Festival 2026 will be held at Lopemede Farm. We will bring together producers and the public for three days of direct connection, storytelling and trade rooted in values. 

This is a new market with national backing and it will host the first Earth Market in the United Kingdom presented under the Slow Food banner. The initiative is supported by leading organisations working across sustainable agriculture, real bread, biodiversity and regional food economies, including The Sustainable Food Trust & The Real Bread Campaign. 

Visitors attend because they want to buy with meaning. They want to meet you, understand your methods and support independent production. 

Two markets sit at the heart of the weekend.

Earth Market

Reserved for producers within 30 miles of Lopemede Farm. It represents the flavour of the surrounding landscape and those directly working with it. 

Slow Market

Welcomes exceptional producers from further afield whose practices demonstrate integrity, transparency and care for land and animals.

Things to do at the Slow Food Earth Fest

Across the festival there will be talks, tastings, demonstrations, music, feasting with a spectacular Field to table supper provided by resident chef’s Tom & Debbie from Fallow & Field. Plus contributions from the other community of creative and wellbeing businesses based at the farm. These include Sonder Experience (saunas and cold plunge), Theatre on The Farm a stunning Mongolian yurt and an Open-Air Stage space, where theatrical and musical experiences are created that are immersed in and inspired by nature. 

If you believe provenance matters and customers deserve to know the story behind what they buy, this audience is yours.

Apply to trade here and become part of a founding moment.

Sponsorship & Partnership

Alongside traders, we collaborate with organisations who want to actively support the future of sustainable food and farming.

Partnership demonstrates visible commitment to regional producers, education and environmental responsibility while engaging directly with an informed, values-led public.

A range of opportunities exist from headline support to education, feasting and cultural programming.

 To discuss trading or partnership, please contact the festival team.

Contact Festival Director’s Anne Harnan ann@harnan.co.uk or James Grant james@therealcheeseproject.co.uk for more details.